Salman Syed Hussain

About Salman Syed Hussain

Software Engineer specializing in fintech and compliance systems, with expertise in…

Experience

1. Software Engineer

   Stripe

   Apr 2024 — Present · US

   Developed backend services using Python (FastAPI, Django REST Framework) to manage embedded financial accounts, ACH transfers, interest accruals, and balance management via Stripe Treasury & Issuing APIs for U.S-based fintech and SaaS platforms.• Designed RESTful and GraphQL APIs with FastAPI and Ariadne, enabling internal dashboards and customer portals to access real-time balances, transfer statuses, and transaction histories.• Integrated Stripe Webhooks with Kafka to process high-volume events including balance updates, ACH settlements, interest postings, and compliance alerts, ensuring low-latency and reliable event handling.• Built near real-time analytics pipelines using Apache Spark, PySpark, Kafka Streams, and Redis to monitor fund flows, average balances, interest accruals, and user-level transaction metrics, improving operational visibility.• Managed transactional data in PostgreSQL and stored flexible treasury metadata in MongoDB, supporting audit logs, compliance reporting, and webhook event tracking.• Developed interactive dashboards using React.js, TypeScript, Chart.js, and Material UI, empowering finance and compliance teams to track pending transfers, interest earned, ACH failures, and liquidity metrics.• Created microservices in Python and Node.js for fund reconciliation, fraud monitoring, and automated transfer scheduling, reducing manual intervention by 40%.• Deployed services with Docker on AWS EKS, using Lambda for lightweight treasury logic and SQS for reliable retry handling; implemented blue-green deployments for zero-downtime rollouts.• Handled background jobs like daily interest calculations, batch ACH processing, and scheduled reconciliation using Celery and RabbitMQ, ensuring timely and accurate financial operations.• Implemented OAuth2 and JWT authentication, maintaining role-based access control and compliance with PCI DSS, SOC 2, and GDPR standards.

Education

• Campbellsville University

  Master's degree, Computer Science